Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of how much domestic sales of fur contributed to the UK economy in 2019-20.
HMRC data for 2019 indicates approximate values of £52,911,000 gross imports, £32,713,000 gross exports, and £20,198,000 net imports. This covers raw furskins, tanned or dressed furskins, and articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other furskin articles.
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4301 Raw furskins | Imports | Value (£) | £962,216 |
4301 Raw furskins | Exports | Value (£) | £536,654 |
4301 Raw furskins | Net Imports | Value (£) | £425,562 |
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4302 Tanned or dressed furskins | Imports | Value (£) | £7,773,470 |
4302 Tanned or dressed furskins | Exports | Value (£) | £7,012,555 |
4302 Tanned or dressed furskins | Net Imports | Value (£) | £760,915 |
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4303 Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other furskin articles | Imports | Value (£) | £44,174,922 |
4303 Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other furskin articles | Exports | Value (£) | £25,163,877 |
4303 Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other furskin articles | Net Imports | Value (£) | £19,011,045 |
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TOTALS | Imports | Value (£) | £52,910,608 |
TOTALS | Exports | Value (£) | £32,713,086 |
TOTALS | Net Imports | Value (£) | £20,197,522 |
Sourced from https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table/ |